Orioles Card "O" the Day

An intersection of two of my passions: baseball cards and the Baltimore Orioles. Updated daily?

Monday, May 4, 2015

Sammy Sosa, 2005 Leaf Legends #77

Odd, but true: Sammy Sosa had a pair of two-homer games during his forgettable 102-game tenure as an Oriole in 2005. Considering that he only went deep 14 times in 424 trips to the plate with Baltimore, I wouldn't have expected him to have enjoyed more than one multi-homer contest. (There was an April 24 7-1 win over the Jays, and a June 12 10-6 loss to the Reds.) But such an effort puts him in league with the likes of current Oriole utilityman Ryan Flaherty, whose 10 home runs in 85 games in 2013 also included two two-fer games. Now you know at least one thing that Sammy and "Flash" have in common.

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I can remember playing with baseball cards as a toddler, but I actually started collecting them when I was ten. Now I'm an adult looking for an outlet to talk about my hobby without receiving blank stares in return. You can contact me thusly.